Automatic controlling device for vehicle-lamps.



0; W. PAGE. v AUTOMATIC CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE LAMPS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1911.

Patented D603 4 motor vehicles.

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OLIVER W. PAGE, OF ION E, WASHINGTON.

AUTOMATIC CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE-LAMPS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER 7. PAGE, a

citizen of the United in the county of Pendorville, State of \Vashington, have invented certain new and useful Automatic Controlling hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

Improvements in Devices for Vehicle-Lamps; and I do exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which 1t appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to vehicles generally, although the application is more especially intended The principal object of this invention is to provide a novel means for automatically rolling the lamps carried on such vehicles, whereby the beam of light projected by said lamps will be immediately-varied wil each deviation of the vehicle from a straight path.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the, character described, which can be readily attached to or detached from any motor vehicle now in general use. A further object of the invention is to provide an attachment of the character decomposed of a minimum number of parts, is therefore simple in conand is cheap to manufacture.

v With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and. minor details of construct on within the scope of the claim, may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing of the advantages of the invention.

in the drawing: Figure l is a bottom plan View of the forward portion of a mot-or vehiole, showing in solid lines the normal positicn of the lamps and their actuating means, Fig. 9; is a detail view of the lamp and its hrachet.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 28, 191

States, residing at Ione,

the f to be used in connection with Patented Dec. 3, 1912. Serial No. 651,800. i a

Like reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawmg.

Referring to the drawing, 5 designates the body of a motor vehicle, and 6. designates the usual front axle thereof to which ront steering wheels 77 are connected by the usual knuckles eing connected by w ereby said wheels Secured to either Vance of the wheels a common tie rod 9, will turn in unison. side of the body in adare brackets 1010, and in each bracket is journaled a vertical shaft 11. Collars 1212 are carried by said shaft, d are respectively disposed above and be-' low the bracket for holding the shaft against longitudinal movement. Lamps 1313 are from eaclnshaft 11 is a. pivotally connected to the free end of each rocker-arm as at 15, is one end of an inwardly extending connecting rod 16 and pivotally connected, as at 1717, to the free ends of a rearwardl extending U-shaped member 181' A rearvardlyextending arm 19 is connected at its outer end to the connecting portion 20 of saidvinember, and the rear end of said arm 19 positely extending lateral feet lt ltl and these feet are fixedly secured to the tie rod 9 by means of clamps 21 of any suitable con struction.

From the foregoing, it will be observed that when the front wheels are turned, the tie rod 9 moves therewith, and as a result, the arm 19 is moved laterally carrying with it the U-shaped member 18 and consequently the connecting rods 16-l6. As a result of such lateral movement, the rocker arms 14 of the vertical shafts .11 are also shifted to oscillate said shafts 11, thereby directing the beam of light at an angle parallel to the angle of the steering wheels.

hat is claimed is In combination with cluding the tie rod of its lamps pivotally mounted an antomobile in-, steering device, of upon the automois pr vided with op- 1 bile, a u-shaped 'element having an art I1 ex I testimony, whereof; I ,aflix my signa-' feet prqecting from the end of the arm,' I clamping elements engageable with the feet 5 and tie rod and operative connections be, I -Q tween the ends of the U-shaped elements Witnesseszand the lamps for swinging the latter upon RINALDO GimENAMxERs, longitudinal movement of said tie rod. JA'CK. A; WILBURN.

tending from its ba'se,1ateral1y extending tur in presence of twe witnesses. 

